http://www.dartmouth.edu/~nyhan/nyhan-reifler.pdf http://www.dartmouth.edu/~nyhan/nyhan-reifler.pdf > Results indicate that corrections frequently fail to redu

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~nyhan/nyhan-reifler.pdf http://www.dartmouth.edu/~nyhan/nyhan-reifler.pdf > Results indicate that corrections frequently fail to reduce misperceptions among the targeted ideological group. We also document several instances of a “backfire effect” in which corrections actually increase misperceptions among the group in question